Abstract:This paper explores how emotions are expressed in the endangered
Gunwinyguan language Kunbarlang and compares these expressions to those in the
neighbouring Gunwinyguan language Bininj Kunwok, and neighbouring languages from
other language families, Mawng (Iwaidjan) and Ndjébbana (Maningridan). As well
as considering body-based emotion expressions and the tropes (metaphors and
metonymies) they instantiate, we co… Show more
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